approximately 188 unnumbered pages 16 cm

Volume containing several Islamic religious texts, including pious invocations and prayers in Arabic, and the Dalāʼil al-khayrāt by Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān Jazūlī. An inscription in Ottoman Turkish mentions the date 1236 Hijri (1820-1821 CE)

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Unidentified calligraphic manuscript, transcribed during the 19th century by multiple scribes, probably in the Mediterranean or Levant region. The text is written on European-made paper featuring watermarks "ACE" and a feline animal, possibly a lion. The Arabic script (naskh) is written in red and black ink within a rectangular border of gold-leaf, red and black ink. Some verses are highlighted with gold dots decorated with black and red ink. A few text leaves at the beginning and end of the volume are written in black ink only, without ornamentation. There are a few brief handwritten side-notes in black or red ink

The volume has a few illuminated pages with floral or geometrical decoration in multiple colors

There are two facing full-page illustrations (original color paintings) of the holy sites of Mecca and Medina

The manuscript was written and bound to be read right to left, following Arabic tradition

The manuscript has a contemporary gilt-tooled black leather binding with a flap extending from the fore-edge of the back cover, and inlaid decorative red lacquer panels. A strip of red leather has been mounted over the spine, probably as a later reinforcement. The endpapers are light orange sprinkled with black ink

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